Blackboard Tip of the Month

by | Apr 6, 2016 | Academy

Blackboard Tip of the Month

Blackboard Tips & Tricks from the Academy for Teaching Excellence

How to Create a Content Area

Content areas are the top-level course areas (for example: Course Materials, Syllabus, Assignments, Handouts, Readings, Week 1, etc). You create and manage them on the course menu.

  1. Log in to Blackboard
  2. Choose the course you wish to work with
  3. Change Edit Mode to “On” and point to the plus sign above the course menu on the left. The drop-down list appears.
  4. Click “Content Area”
  5. Type a name for the new content area
  6. Select the “Available to Users” check box. You can create content areas ahead of time, make them unavailable to users, and then make them available at the appropriate time.
  7. Click “Submit” and a link to the new content area will appear on the course menu.

Submitted by Karen Herold, Instructional Technology Assistant

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